Ore-washes



No. 80,086. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1860. B. OBRYAN.

ORE WASHER.

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

BEARNARD OBRYAN, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

ORE-XVASHER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 30,086, dated September 18, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BEARNARD OBRYAN, of the city of Lancaster, county ofLancaster, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Ore lVashers and Cleaners; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in having cast iron plates withinside pins cast solid, and angular shaped shovels at the outer end ofcylinder to discharge the ore, the cylinder being double cone shape.

To enable others to make and use my invention I will proceed to describeits construction and operation.

A represents the upright frame which supports the cylinder; 13 thehorizontal shaft; C the band pulley or driving wheel on the end ofshaft; D the box which receives the cleaned ore after it has passedthrough the cylinder; E the trough which conducts the water into thecylinder; F the cone shape frustum of the cylinder which empties theore, the cylinder being double cone shaped,

so as to retain the water in the center, and

wash the ore better and with greater facility, as it passes out throughthe frustum.

G are two angular shaped cast iron shovels or lifters, which dischargethe ore when cleaned. These shovels G have raised sides or flanges,which by their angular shape, catch the ore and force it outward, withfacility, regularity and rapidity.

H are the arms attached to the shaft B which support the cast ironplates I which form the body of the cylinder. These plates I are fittedclosely together and nutted fast to the arms H, around the cylinder, andare held and bound also by the horizontal rods K, extending the wholelength of the plates. These plates have projecting angular shaped pins Mon the inside throughout the cylinder, and are cast solid with theplates, to stir and shake the ore thoroughly.

L are shovels in the frustum, set in spiral form, to conduct the ore tothe large shovels G and discharge it.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent isThe construction and arrangement of the double cone shaped cylinderformed of cast iron plates united as described, and furnished with solidpins and angular shovels on the inside, for agitating and advancing theore to the discharging point, as herein represented.

BEARNARD OBRYAN. Witnesses I. FRANKLIN REIGART, SAMUEL S. STRACHAN.

